Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding (open access)

Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding

This report describes The Assistance to Firefighters Program, or FIRE Act grant program, background, grants by fiscal year, and distribution of funds.
Date: September 21, 2005
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mental Health Parity Act: A Legislative History (open access)

The Mental Health Parity Act: A Legislative History

This report provides a detailed history of mental health parity legislation, including a discussion of bills introduced in each Congress, and accompanying legislative action, including hearings, markups, and floor votes. This legislation is in response to concerns about the coverage of mental health benefits in group health plans, which is often much more restricted than the coverage of physical illness. Updated May 18, 2007.
Date: May 18, 2007
Creator: Sundararaman, Ramya & Redhead, C. Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Firefighters Program (open access)

Assistance to Firefighters Program

This report describes The Assistance to Firefighters Program, or FIRE Act.
Date: May 19, 2005
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The LIHEAP Formula: Legislative History and Current Law (open access)

The LIHEAP Formula: Legislative History and Current Law

This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress contains information about the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP provides funds to states, the District of Colombia, U.S territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations (collectively referred to as grantees) primary to help low-income households pay home energy expenses.
Date: September 8, 2010
Creator: Peral, Libby
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implications of Reactivating the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) (open access)

Implications of Reactivating the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP)

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Date: May 18, 2009
Creator: Shields, Dennis A. & Hanrahan, Charles E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implementing the Conservation Security Program (open access)

Implementing the Conservation Security Program

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Date: July 7, 2004
Creator: Johnson, Barbara A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Firefighters Program (open access)

Assistance to Firefighters Program

This report contains a summary of the assistance to firefighters program, also known as the FIRE Act grant program.
Date: March 11, 2003
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress (open access)

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress

This report consists of alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles: Issues in Congress.
Date: July 20, 2004
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advanced Vehicle Technologies: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues (open access)

Advanced Vehicle Technologies: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues

This report discusses four major vehicle technologies — electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and fuel cell vehicles — as well as advanced component technologies. Each technology is discussed in terms of cost, fueling and maintenance infrastructure, and performance.
Date: December 17, 2004
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding (open access)

Assistance to Firefighters Program: Distribution of Fire Grant Funding

This report describes The Assistance to Firefighters Program, specifically assistance to the grant program, grants, and appropriations.
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Cargo Security (open access)

Air Cargo Security

The air cargo system is vulnerable to several security threats, including: potential plots to place explosives aboard aircraft; illegal shipments of hazardous materials; criminal activities such as smuggling and theft; and potential hijackings and sabotage by persons with access to aircraft. This report discusses legislative efforts currently underway to improve air cargo system security.
Date: January 13, 2005
Creator: Elias, Bartholomew
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metropolitan Area Designations by OMB: History, 2010 Standards, and Uses (open access)

Metropolitan Area Designations by OMB: History, 2010 Standards, and Uses

This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress explains the standards for metropolitan area designation.
Date: June 6, 2014
Creator: Williams, Jennifer D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Budget: Fact Sheet (open access)

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Budget: Fact Sheet

This report summarizes the goals and focus of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The AHRQ is a piece of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which is meant to improve the quality of health care, enhance the delivery of health care, and increase the amount of access people have to health services. Moreover, the report covers how the AHRQ is financed and debates how it will continue to be so.
Date: August 4, 2015
Creator: Sarata, Amanda K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Firefighters Program (open access)

Assistance to Firefighters Program

This report contains the Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) Program, also known as the FIRE Act grant program. The program provides federal grants directly to local fire departments and unaffiliated Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organizations to help address a variety or firefighter-related and EMS needs.
Date: October 12, 2006
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Access to Broadband Networks (open access)

Access to Broadband Networks

The purpose of this report is to provide a more concrete discussion of access to wireline broadband networks. To that end, this report provides a discussion of what broadband networks look like; how both consumers and independent applications providers gain access to these networks; and the parameters available to network providers (such as their choices about network architecture, overall bandwidth capacity, bandwidth reserved for their own use, traffic prioritization, the terms and rates for access to their networks and for their retail services) that can affect end users’ and independent applications providers’ access to those networks.
Date: March 14, 2007
Creator: Goldfarb, Charles B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Legislative History: A Basic Guide For Constituents (open access)

Legislative History: A Basic Guide For Constituents

This report provides an overview of legislative history of federal legislation. The report briefly outlines the legislative process and then suggests where to find materials that describe or document a piece of legislation's progress through Congress.
Date: March 22, 2002
Creator: Gurevitz, Mark
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mental Health Parity Act: A Legislative History (open access)

The Mental Health Parity Act: A Legislative History

This report provides a detailed history of mental health parity legislation, including a discussion of bills introduced in each Congress, and accompanying legislative action, including hearings, markups, and floor votes. This legislation is in response to concerns about the coverage of mental health benefits in group health plans, which is often much more restricted than the coverage of physical illness. Updated January 19, 2007.
Date: January 19, 2007
Creator: Sundararaman, Ramya & Redhead, C. Stephen
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Airborne Laser Anti-Missile Program (open access)

The Airborne Laser Anti-Missile Program

This report summarizes the Air Force's program to build an airborne laser (ABL) to destroy ballistic missiles in their boost phase. Furthermore, the report considers the history of the impact small nations can have with warheads and of the Gulf War. The Air Force suggests that the ABL will be able to destroy missiles from tens to hundreds of Kilometers away.
Date: February 18, 2000
Creator: Davey, Michael E. & Martin, Frederick
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assistance to Firefighters Program (open access)

Assistance to Firefighters Program

This report describes The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, or FIRE Act, and The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters (SAFER) program.
Date: February 7, 2008
Creator: Kruger, Lennard G.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The LIHEAP Formula: Legislative History and Current Law (open access)

The LIHEAP Formula: Legislative History and Current Law

This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress contains the history, enactment, and fund determination for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
Date: May 11, 2009
Creator: Peral, Libby
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medicare: History of Insolvency Projections (open access)

Medicare: History of Insolvency Projections

This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress details Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) financing as well as history of solvency and current insolvency projections. Updated June 1, 2011.
Date: June 1, 2011
Creator: Davis, Patricia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Land and Water Conservation Fund: Overview, Funding History, and Issues (open access)

Land and Water Conservation Fund: Overview, Funding History, and Issues

This Congressional Research Service Report for Congress includes a description of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 along with the purposes, history, and current issues regarding the act.
Date: August 13, 2010
Creator: Vincent, Carol Hardy
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The National Science Foundation: FY2016 Budget Request and Funding History (open access)

The National Science Foundation: FY2016 Budget Request and Funding History

This report describes selected items from the Administration's FY2016 budget request for NSF and tracks legislative action on FY2016 appropriations to the National Science foundation. It also details selected NSF appropriations authorizations proposed in the 114th Congress, summarizes budget and appropriations action from FY2015 and FY2014, and presents information on historical funding for the foundation.
Date: August 28, 2015
Creator: Gonzales, Heather B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology (open access)

The Bayh-Dole Act: Selected Issues in Patent Policy and the Commercialization of Technology

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Date: June 10, 2005
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library